The nightmare option for us is that yes, she views the Stasi as bad but is simplistic enough to consider anything short of that as 'good'. So while we'll never actually have political dissidents interred and tortured, we may have an awful lot of semi-legitimate harassment of political opponents disguised in a cloud of national security shenanigans. Oh wait, that's happening. And I can't wake up!

The serious point here is that she did not appear to grasp her studies properly. She is very clearly muddled about the concept of Stalinism. Stalinism was direct control of all organs of the state and individuals via a secret police and labour camp system, effectively accountable only to the Supreme Leader whilst propagandising the masses that all is marvellous. Er. Oh. Hmmm. Er.